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The Stevens Boys Rifles were a series of single-shot takedown rifles produced by Stevens Arms from 1890 until 1943. The rifles used a falling-block action (sometimes called a tilting-block, dropping-block, or drop-block) and were chambered in a variety of rimfire calibers, such as .22 Short, .22 Long Rifle, .25 Rimfire, and .32 Rimfire. [2] [4]
In 1887, Stevens developed the .22 LR round, [11] which served as an introductory caliber for children for decades, as well as being very popular for plinking, varmint and target shooting. The .22LR cartridge was available beginning in 1888, in the #1, #2, #9, and #10 break-top rifles, and in their New Model Pocket and Bicycle rifles.
To differentiate from the related .25 Stevens Short it is sometimes also referred to as .25 Stevens Long. [ 2 ] Developed by J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company and Peters Cartridge Company , [ 1 ] it was developed between 1898 and 1900; catalogs suggest it was introduced in 1898, but most sources agree on 1900. [ 1 ]
The .32 short was designed in 1860 by Smith & Wesson for their Model 2 revolver. In 1868, they introduced the .32 Long in the Model 1 1 ⁄ 2 Second Issue revolver. [3] The .32 Short fired an 80 gr (0.183 oz; 5.184 g) lead bullet at 945 ft/s (288 m/s) (generating 159 ft⋅lb (216 J) muzzle energy) from a 24 in (61 cm) rifle barrel. The .32 Long ...
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East Springfield Works, during its ownership by Stevens-Duryea. The New England Westinghouse Company is a former division of Westinghouse Electric. It was founded in 1915 in East Springfield, Massachusetts. [1] Its primary purpose was to fulfill a contract to produce 1.8 million Mosin–Nagant rifles for Czar Nicholas II of Russia during World ...
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